Dulcimer Banjo Roundback Variegated, Fun, light weight & easy to play, our Dulcimer has the rich sound of a mountain dulcimer with just a little bit of banjo twang. The body style of the Wildwood allows it to be played like a guitar instead of the traditional "flat in the lap" position of the mountain dulcimer. The teardrop spruce soundboard with three rosettes stands out in contrast to the long, thin rosewood fingerboard and variegated back. The Wildwood has three string courses: a wound string at the top, an unwound center string, and two unwound strings tuned in unison, at the bottom. Many tunings will work, but we recommend the traditional DAD to makes it easy to pick up and play. He frets are arranged in a diatonic scale, just like an Appalachian mountain dulcimer. We have added is the infamous "6 ½" fret just below the octave position allowing play in Ionian mode. The possibilities are many; playing the Wildwood Dulcimer can be as easy or as complicated as your care to make it.